Outpatient Pharmacy - Pharmacy Technician/ACT
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Job summary
The Pharmacy Technician plays a key role in ensuring efficient and high quality patient care is consistently delivered and maintained.
They will manage the workflow in the Outpatient Dispensary and support the delivery of a high-quality Outpatient pharmacy service, under the direction of the General Pharmacy manager and Superintendent Pharmacist.
They will be expected to pass in-house competency assessments as part of their induction/probation.
Duties include: Managing overall dispensary workflow and assisting with the assembly of prescriptions using JAC and ARIM softwares in line with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
Provision of comprehensive counselling to patients on the use of medication.
Providing health and well-being advice and recommending suitable remedies for minor ailments by signposting patients or through sales of OTC and pharmacy only medicines.
Stock management including: receipt, storage, date checking and stock house-keeping.
NVQ Level 3 plus accredited underpinning knowledge [BTEC in Pharmaceutical Science or equivalent] or equivalent.
Registered as a pharmacy technician with the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC)
Accredited Checking Pharmacy Technician (ACPT) qualification (or to be achieved within 12 months of commencement).
Main duties of the job
We're Hiring - FULL TIME (40 hours per week) Outpatient Pharmacy Technician
Whether dispensing medication, providing pharmacy services, recommending pharmaceutical lines to patients and healthcare colleagues, you will be providing personalised solutions to help people lead healthier lives - this is work with real purpose.
You would be expected to assist with managing the flow of work in the Outpatient Pharmacy.
To be the technical link person between Outpatient pharmacy and patients.
To manage and organise dispensary workflow and support the safe, accurate and timely supply of medicines to patients.
To adhere to and maintain quality standards and performance indicators for service developments implemented.
To cover weekends or bank holiday shifts as necessary.
To support the development of the Outpatient Pharmacy working closely with the Superintendent Pharmacist to expand a prescribing clinic.
Complete training or currently be able to accuracy check clinically screened dispensed prescriptions, according to SOPs.
Please note that this post does not fall under NHS Agenda for Change as Whittington Pharmacy is a Community Interest Company
About us
Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. Nowhere is this more obvious than in the way we look after our staff. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief. The Trust believes that as a public sector organisation we have an obligation to have recruitment, training, promotion and other formal employment policies and procedures that are sensitive to these differences. We think that by doing so, we are better able to treat our patients as well as being a better place to work.
Details
Date posted
10 February 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 4
Salary
Depending on experience £34,000 - £38,000 Per Annum (Band 4/5 equivalent not NHS)
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
220-WHT-2836-A
Job locations
Whittington Outpatient Pharmacy
Whittington Hospital
London
N19 5NF
Employer details
Employer name
Whittington Hospital NHS Trust
Address
Whittington Outpatient Pharmacy
Whittington Hospital
London
N19 5NF
Employer's website
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